Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-02-24
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The tobogganists are naturally interested =
in the question Of coast defenoes. --Bostoa
Transcript.
In the discharge Of even single duty,
always be sure that it is loaded. ~ Burning 7
ton Free Press.
1t r. strange that poverty bears up SO
we'll, considering there are so many
people struggling with it.--Boston Tran
50, fpt
There are said to be over fifty appH-
cants for the office of president Of the
Nevada university, In case Sc, 900 salary
ia voted by the Legislature.
~ do not desire wealth for itself, y re-
marked the philosopher. "No," replied
the cynic, ~ suppose you desire it for
| yourself. y Pitts6airg Dispatoh.
Hot house cueumhers are almost ready
| for market, and the doctors are getting
/ out the old familiar remedies and busting
them of -Blrliaat0A Free Press.
Gold in small quantities has been found
at San Diego. II in suspected that the
wife of an editor has gone through her
husbands trousers pockets. No1Tsstoion
Herald.
Il il announced that the people of
Canada are drilling daily. SO are those
of Omaha. But then we are a peaceable |
crowd, aud are simply drilling for coal. |
-OiaaAd Republican.
There are two things in this world thatI |
can't understand; one is, that you catch a
|, cold without trying; that il you let it run
| on, IL stays with you, and If you stop II,
, It coca away.-Buudette.
We are going TO build at least 1900 |
II miles of railroad this year ittsbatTg
Chronicle Telegraph. Is it possible that
{ the editor Of the Chronicle has been an
= l. u erman ?--Wese HGpen Noes.
Ice eating on the Lake Of the Woods,
: | in Illinois, has been abandoned because it
was found that the heavy cakes contained
many fish that were caught during the
! cold snap and frozen in the ice.
It is said that the rule of paying by the
| hour is obtaining very generally among
|, the building trades. Pretty soon we shall
!. have strikes to have less than sixty min
q utes make an hour.-L0soeb Courier.
i, Chinese daily papers have no local
h news unless it is brought into the office
d with q request to publish. Chinese re-
porters have too much dignity to go slosh-
1t ing around after scoops.-Detrott Free
al Press.
N In China man never sees his wife until
" he ID welded to her for life Chinese court
le ships must he very inexpensive affairs,
b. but contain no more fun than walking
m two miles home from church alone on o
Of dark aud rainy night. N0TTsstoso''
O. Herald,
Y ~ can call this evening: can't /, Annie p
20 sWell-er; not very we'll, George; 1shall be
~ engaged this evening"" "WhRt doing 2
n "Well, you see, ma and are recovering
y the sofa and the big easy chair, and
no "Yes, yes; see. By-bye, sweety. "-Net
q, Hdg6H Ne,os.
M He Ito Pittshurg heiress) -Do you know
NO Miss VANDERBILT, whose father is reportet
ne to be so very rich She (glass and pig iron
II oh, NO, indeed The Wandergrifts d.
ha not belong to our set at all! They are 81
IA new, you knowl Their money comes from
or natural gas.-Pasck.
lse Gilbert and Sullivan's new opera i
: it spelled Ruddigore and pronounced Roc
nd dippsry. II is governed by the same 10,
ne, that calls Pail Mall Pell Nell, and Thames
let's Tens. Some of these days we will lear
'est to spell q little by standardization
lem american.
ave In all cities the east sides of the stree
lers are the business sides. l suppose builC
still ing on the east side of Fourth or FIT
klrt street in this city brings so per cent NOR
ram than a house on the west side. This is bt
lunt cause in winter it is the warmest side of tn
and street and in summer the coolest.-S
rom Louis Glote.
Anu Thinking that one is thinking is nj
10y .ns, thinking. To think is to hold a though
- as in wise till ii is measured, weighe
S ~ and put in proper relation to the subje,
A. under consideration. Many q man hi
sa AZ spent whole morning under the delusio
a,o that he was thinking when he was near
mad asleep. Christian Allocate.
$50 you've been out west z" he queriC
that of citizen who returned the other da
and "Yes.n Lots of snow out there ?" Mi
ance ions of acres. was snow bound on
with train 15 hours. There were % ballet gil
.ber in my car .sAnd your wife was wi
a 81 YOU ~ 'Alas yesn "Great Seotsl b
NAV how you must have suffered!"-Det,
ather Free Press.
there Ane 5t4, 46dafriya7 81 little john
year resident un5 tic yotngster was admit
they to take has I.ls, 4oo a. TIC ..,s!o gu aug
4, and He surveyed it calmly for a moment, a
trary then looking up exclaimed enthusiast
INK @ ally: ellis face is Just the color of I'm
umes Georgia, Gosh, but he must be hi
sasur. drinker y Ptttsb1rg Dispatch.
ect OF Some of the most peculiar people to
EDUUN are lU0bb VIM dEb luS btHL ltAAt
miss in the world when they are SOBER acco
their i,,,, 10 co,nmon ranorf The necnliarity
DIS so them Il that Won never meet them wi
s and tbev ara not ,infer tbe influence Of lion
on andyou do not meet them then, if you
w ', avoid it.-Neto Orleans Ptcdy1tHe
pate- What sorrowful little duck you Al
10 said Edward, aa he sat up and tried ia
: go, member how he got to bed. i ough
q, y ~ ~ be- said Angelina who remembered
= fectly we'll for am afraid my hush
- =, is n sad rake" But the narrowing
- : ~ - slipped painlessly over Edward
Z -, M knew nothing about agricultural matt
pt ,Sa,, with the teeth up. brooklyn Eagle.
40 the 1--WE been aching for the last / y
d last for that man to injure me in some WI
Modem he remarked, as he pointed to cit
axe If ahead. sAnd he wont I" mo" "Wha
x find you feel that way for p swell, ma
" will vacant lot next to him and his bay win
ion TO is six inches on my land. If he'd
condi call me liar, or his wife would sssf
# than wife, just think what snap would ha
It is Detroit Free Press.
f the Some time ago barmaid who had 9
rough uated d. Melbourne boot factory
that ried an En,rlish baTonet One day a
epping qnaintance o. the,haronet called at hiR
leeaing dence, and inquired of her lady
enCe III WhGther Hlf Henry denl VIII DO
!, oblig- in. NS'elp NE he's not iu!" reptile,
topped ladyship I'm afraid he's on the
CT furs, again Lady---is now in Eli
ne, her land and when she begins to talk SIN
a push make the old nobility sit up aud couI
,perties .syaaeg(N. s w Bulletin.
ESQ Tor What il was that Allied Her.-Doc
> ;, come 'Your heart is in normal condit
III over Nervous Old Lady Goodness! Ant
. IN her fatal Doctor Its beat is iambic'
!, men Lady Its Just dreadful Doc
~ 4tlon Were il trochaic, or even spondI
between Old Lady Doctor, don't keep me
y them, horrible suspense. Give me some
'bllglng elmo at once Doetor-"My dear, t
ana u nothing tho matter with your heart.
4 4, N me Lnay-"Oh! there isn't? Why didn
ms y. ~ ~. say So then ?n--Harper's Bdsar.
: bannat DIR. Gould has recently discovered
winking sun resembling in the ra
of its changes the famous Algol,
! the Arabs regarded as q sort of den
as, how the sky. The theory most in vog
lily and account for the variations of the Ii
huse tle these unsteady stars is that an emo
r lT1 tn9 planet, or rather an extinct sun is
bIeb viii ing at close quarters around them
back the partially eclipsing them when it
tFayorlte between them and us,--NGD Y0rh
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